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Old 04-04-2018, 12:33 PM   #48
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How do you suggest to go about it then? There has to be some copy protection system in place for software. Something that prevents a simple disassemble and recompile with different optimization options. Different executable, same features without doing copy and paste.
Why does there have to be some copy protection system in place for software? Or more specifically, why must there be some legal protection for just software?

Much of the protection for binary code could be protected by licensing agreements, while the source code itself is better protected as an industrial secrets. Is it really any different than a chief's recipe? A lot of companies have jumped on the intellectual properties bandwagon, but couldn't the same argument be made for cooking or the layout of an assembly line? What's so different about software?
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